WTF Happened to 21 Jump Street? (1987- 1991)

Back in 1987, the Fox Network was brand new and needed hits. One of the first shows that broke out in popularity was 21 Jump Street, starring a then-unknown actor named Johnny Depp. He played a young police officer named Tom Hanson who joins a unit of young cops sent to infiltrate high schools. His fellow cops include Peter DeLuise’s Doug Penhall, Holly Robinson’s Judy Hoffs and Dustin Nguyen’s Harry Truman. Later, they’re joined by Richard Greico’s Booker, who, like Depp, became a breakout heartthrob and got his own short-lived show. Of the course of the five seasons, Depp would become a movie star thanks to Edward Scissorhands, and the show would eventually wind up ending its run in syndication.
Years later, the show is an interesting time capsule, which spawned to wildly successful big-screen reboots, 21 Jump Street and its sequel, 22 Jump Street, although they parodied what was essentially a serious cop show. So join us on this week’s Gone But Not Forgotten as we dig into this eighties time capsule.
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[@JoBloOriginals]

Hey guys! This episode of GBNF was made from suggestions from fans who emailed us demanding this show be covered on this series. If you want to make suggestions for future episodes of GBNF then e-mail [e-mail] and maybe we’ll cover your show!

[@CodyGraves2223]

Booker!

[@mexicanguitarist123]

I actually really loved Michael bendettis episodes! It was a good heartfelt story most of the times. And even the episode with Peter delusive falling for a heroin addict cop was really good and spot on. This should've gone at least 6-8 seasons! I wish they had made more seasons with the cast from the 80s and 90s. A new cast this era doesn't feel right like the reboot movies! Those were sh*t!!!

[@bigkj2.027]

Gotta see this

[@austingilesjr.914]

I don't care what critics say this was the best show to me in the 80s!

[@kevinfarrell3121]

ABSOLUTELY

[@texas2079]

I watched this show as a teen. And that started a crush on Johnny Depp. *Awh the memories*

[@texas2079]

@Johnny Depp ---Too bad you aren't the real actor. Cute troll account though.

[@depausvandelilithkerk5785]

I farted while reading your comment......I just wanted you to know that.

[@HorrorPunkRocker]

Same! Except I had a crush on him before I started watching the show. Johnny is amazing ❤

[@williampage4658]

I haven't been close with my sister in many years but I will never forget us always watching this show together as kids makes me really miss the 80s

[@derekmason1881]

Miami Vice and 21 Jumpstreet were the greatest cop shows of all time

[@dinamule3073]

I was just thinking that 21 jump street was the teenage version of Miami vice. (A good looking leading man detective ) with the difference that Miami vice had 2 main detectives and "21" a group of teen detectives: Peter deluise, Dustin Nygen, Holly Robinson Pete and Johnny.

[@pablosonic892]

This was must-see tv back in the day. Tom Hanson was cool as F. The third season with Booker was like a greatest hits compilation in and of itself for the season .

[@MrBdiddypop]

Richard Greico…. The way you summed up the difference between him and Johnny Depp was magnificent.

[@matthewdaley746]

Yeah, one, vanished into characters, and, the other, was stuck playing himself, with, the predictable result, too terrible, it was.

[@aprilholton1150]

I was a teenager in the 80's, graduated in 1982! So long ago------I used to watch this show and recently started watching them again on KZbin. I loved the 80's-----the music, the hair, the movies, etc. I got some awesome memories while watching this show again. Thank you for posting them!

[@THESLICKNESSEDM]

During the lockdowns we watched the whole series brought back so many memories great show

[@trinaq]

This show was well before my time, and I might not have even heard of it if it hadn't been for the movies. I was even more surprised to see a young Johnny Depp!

[@TheEntilza]

The reason the show worked is bc the casting was great.

[@ToddH76]

I happen to think the other reason is the setting. Vancouver is overcast, dark and alternative feeling. Had this been shot in LA, it would have been sunny, bright and shiny....Vancouver as the back drop was perfect.

[@nc32203]

Johnny: Don't do drugs Johnny: Sniffs.. ..and Cut!

[@stingrey1571]

there is an 80s drugs psa filled with celebrities. you can youtube it. it is hilarious when you see who is in it.

[@nc32203]

@@stingrey1571 Yea I seen it 🤣

[@777FreakyD]

Loved this show. I was 12 when jt came out. A true GEN X staple. And Holly Robinson is a top tier 80s babe!

[@midianmtd]

I was a teen when this show was aired. And I remember all the merch FOX produced from it. And literally Johnny Depp was on every magazine cover. So I can see now how it all would have become maddening for someone to go through.

[@osmanyousif7849]

Sucks that it didn't get a proper finale.

[@seereadnhear]

I remember the night that it aired it was the first show to launch Fox back in the day

[@alexinmechanicsville4817]

I was a kid growing up in the 80s and watched the show pretty regularly. This was a great review you did on the show. I found myself laughing out loud at various parts of your review. Thanks for putting this together.

[@pernillefengerolesen3053]

I really really hope Johnny he is proud of has been in 21 JumpStreet because many people love that show even today🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@jenisedai]

One of my favorite scenes was when they went to a performing arts high school and Doug does a scene from The Honeymooners, but as a drama. Tore my heart out!

[@HeartFeltGesture]

I was 13 when this show first aired, perfect age to soak it up. I took fashion cues from Depps character and enjoyed the friendship banter between DeLuise and Depp. The classic angry captain etc. It was a mix of cool teen stuff, a bit of life lesson stuff and a bit of light-hearted action. It was fresh, it was new, Depp was smokin cool, it gave us hope, it made sense at the time.

[@artpena72]

I loved watching that show when i was in high school, all my friends loved it also.

[@boxcarhobo7017]

3.3 episode has stayed with me for over thirty years too.

[@ScooterinAB]

I started watching Jump Street a number of years ago, well after it was on TV. I was probably too young when it aired and would have hated it if I wasn't, but I ended up really enjoying it. It also caused me to have a little bit of... crisis epiphany. I remember the end of the AIDS scare but never understood what was going on. So when I saw the AIDS episode, everything kind of clicked into place. It was messed up. To know that that's what was going on and I was almost completely oblivious as to why, then to finally learn the answer was something else. The movie was fun to watch, but I didn't like that it took a (mostly) serious and interesting premise and then lampooned it so hard. I'd love to see a show like this made today.

[@matthewdaley746]

Jonah Hill has no business being as popular as he is, his routine is, to be as obscene, as, possible, that's it, people have got to, wake up, and, realize, he's a, sad, one-trick pony, at least the studio bailed out before it got, too stale.

[@soakingbook]

It's odd hearing Depp speaking with a normal American accent.

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

Actually, the show lasted five seasons not four. The last season switched from Network to syndication. DeLuise, Williams and Robinson stayed with the show and producers even brought in Peter's little brother Michael as Penhall's half brother. The Jump Street pilot, as aired, was Patrick Hasburgh second attempt at writing this show. I actually read his first attempt and it was 100 % different. Hanson was trying to solve the murder of a female undercover Jump Street detective. Hasburgh only got half way thru that script when, and I'm only guessing this part, Cannell felt a "murder case" probably wasn't very relatable to the preteen audience of a show that's on Sunday Nights at 7pm! The A.W.O.L. script was written by future X-Files and Final Destination scribes Glen Morgan and James Wong. Sadly, the soundtrack to this episode was all R.E.M. songs, but because of copyright reasons, this music was replaced on the DVD verison. As for one of my favorite episodes, season one's Blindsided, it was written by The Devil's Advocate screenwriter John Lemkin. Depp plays opposite his girlfriend, at the time, Sherylyn Finn. 21 Jump Street is one of my all time favorite shows. I taped them all on VHS so I have the episodes with their original soundtracks. The music on the pilot episode is basically the entire Back in the High Life album by Stevie Winwood. It's probably the one aspect of the pilot that hasn't aged poorly. A semi serious new Jump Street is the perfect material for a TV reboot. If done correctly, the show would be awesome. The films were pretty good, but they played it as a comedy and that's not what the show was. The same was done to Starsky & Hutch. Sad.

[@matthewdaley746]

The only good thing about the films is they realized the premise was limited, and, rapidly bailed out, Jonah Hill's obscenities will only get you, so, far, simple as that.

[@ToddH76]

Yes Yes Yes! As someone who watched it from day 1 and loved it I agree on the reboot. If done for cable with no holds barred it could be outstanding. The topics with today's youth under such pressure would be endless, Politics, economics, women's rights, gun control etc...its an endless well of storylines and in the right hands would be a terrific show.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@ToddH76 Jonah Hill, obscenely overrated.

[@ToddH76]

@@matthewdaley746 I like Jonah hill. Just not a fan of what they did with the 21 Jumpstreet movie.

[@matthewdaley746]

​@@ToddH76Swears constantly, that's it.

[@brion0220]

'Gotta finish the Riff' from S1 and 'After school Special' from S2 are a couple of my favorite eps. I re-watched the first 2 seasons on Prime not to long back, so this is fresh in my mind. Still want to watch up to S4.

[@christonacracker5905]

Bonfire fan?

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

Blindsided is my favorite season one episode. It's also the first episode where Hanson & Penhall go undercover as The McQuade Brothers! Draw the Line, Say it Ain't So, Joe and Last Chance High (the last McQuade Brothers episode) are among the better episodes in season four.

[@rarebit3818]

Finnaly someone’s making a video on this amazing show

[@jamesanderson6373]

*Finally

[@gregmize01]

Peter's mullet is legendary!

[@vampirascoffin870]

Season 3 is classic!!! Love the show miss my childhood

[@tmacm2237]

This is the show that made me fall in love with police dramas.

[@BlueSkyFan77]

Yes best years of your life was definitely one of them most rememberable episode of 21 Jump Street and Peter DeLuise did an outstanding acting job in that episode.

[@CodyGraves2223]

I love this show. It had a lot of great plots and topics. Booker was my favorite character but clearly I'm alone on that 😅😅😅

[@vampirascoffin870]

Love him in season 3!!! And spin off! Classic

[@katiebrown5407]

You"re not alone my first ever celerbrity crush. Had all his posters.

[@fatousfilms7155]

Literally!!!

[@memyselfandi8751]

You aren't alone. Booker was a great character and did not overact.

[@SY-ok2dq]

Bit of trivia: In the 2000s, Dustin Nguyen played a small time drug dealer/addict in the Australian film "Little Fish" starring Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving. Ironically, in the film his character is meant to be Vietnamese Australian, a former delinquent youth whose family sends him off to Hong Kong for several years to straighten out and keep him away from drugs. Nguyen struggled with doing an Australian accent so they changed the script - Nguyen's character was sent to relatives in Canada instead, explaining his North American accent. Nguyen was playing a character many years younger than his actual age (he played Blanchett's former flame and is meant to be around the same age). Little Fish is up on KZbin if you want to check it out.

[@stingrey1571]

johnny depp/hanson was a dark kind of cool. greico/booker was depp turned up to 15. he was an extreme version of the same exact character on the show.

[@SexyUndisputed2All]

One of the best TV shows ever

[@Mayor_Of_Eureka17]

Hearing this man's voice , you know your in for some good shit.

[@Arroyo2099]

I swear my scripts would not be half as funny if it wasn’t for Jesse

[@chadchandler5248]

Great show. Never saw it until 2 years ago. Its free on samsung tv plus. Ive watched it nearly everyday. It plays it it order from start to finish. Booker was great. Honestly my fav show of all time

[@WillSams]

One of the first Fox network shows. Man, that time period on tv was a blast.

[@WillSams]

Had to check: 'Married with Children' and the 'Tracey Ullman Show' aired on Sunday, April 5th. The following Sunday, '21 Jump Street' joined the lineup. All ended up being important shows in hindsight.

[@stingrey1571]

all those first fox shows defied and broke conventional tv.

[@dinamule3073]

@@stingrey1571 Married with Children was the most vulgar talking "family show" at the time.

[@80sdreamwave32]

Love 21 jump street great show have on DVD and soundtrack on cd happy someone talking about 80s show

[@flyingninja1234]

Peter DeLuise was also on the show Seaquest. He's gone on to work a lot behind the scenes.

[@Arroyo2099]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5LHnouaf8ipqrM

[@taureanmay7480]

He is.

[@HamanKarn567]

Steven Williams cool actor. I liked him in missing in action and he guest appearance in Stargate and Yellowstone. Kind of wish he did more in Yellowstone.

[@matthewdaley746]

Yeah, too bad he debased himself by appearing in the atrocity that was Supernatural.

[@pong86r]

Man, I loved this show as a kid, it was right up my Hill Street Blues/ Cagney & Lacey/ Taxi alley

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

Once again..thanks dad for introducing me to Private Resort as a kid who still didn't have his first pube, considered Private Resort one of his favorites. Oh and my brother made it a point to videotape every 21JS episode, even Booker!..remember Booker!?🤣

[@knightrider6473]

Used to love this show as a kid.

[@BarkerVancity]

had no idea 21 jumped street was filmed here in Vancouver. basically everything now days are, but 80/90s wasn't as common. got to check this out. that would explain why Johnny Depp's always coming here for like hospital openings and such, just thought it was cause he was filming. edit: after research, it seem this was one of the first tv shows to use Vancouver for filming and basically helped establish Vancouver for the filming hotspot in the movie industries. basically everything is filmed here..every other show I just spend the whole time recognizing and totally losing immersion. still fun to see how many locations I recognize. literally there are movie sets everywhere..i just walk right through them now. every parking lot is full of there trailers and catering trucks. every street has there neon coloured signs placed to help direct the crews to the locations.

[@matthewdaley746]

Back in those days, you had to avoid, kilometer signs, and, Canadian flags, now, they can be digitally removed, basically, everything, except, L&O is filmed there, to the point where the CBC's presence is largely ceremonial, apart from animation voice-recording.

[@blazeconnolly9960]

I love 21 Jump Street 👍

[@ethanblickenstaff3812]

This guy is my favorite narrator for the Joblo show.

[@goldenbeatle3404]

ditto

[@scream4depp]

one thing that bugged me was the duration of the episodes. Sometimes they needed it to be much longer or even a 2 part such as orpheus 3.3, it was too rushed by the next half

[@vegetasolo1221]

As Johnny Depp became increasingly frustrated with the series, he began to put forth ridiculous suggestions for his character to the producers. One such a suggestion included the discovery by the other characters that Tom Hanson was obsessed with peanut butter, and would be discovered by the other characters smearing it all over his naked body.

[@popculturewatch8689]

There is also one episode that's place almost exclusively on the beach during spring break where he decided his character should dress in the hottest clothes. If you watch the episode is decked out in denim, leather and boots on the damn beach. Such an a hole.

[@spyderd8165]

Depp was obviously just phoning in his role by the 4th season. There are episodes where you can tell he doesn’t want to be there.

[@BigRayHernandez]

I just happed to stumble upon this channel… IT IS FREAKING FANTASTIC! #NewSub

[@IceManLikeGervin]

This show is still the sure shot!!! Lots of good relevant episodes to this very day. Also, the 21JS spin-off 'Booker' for Dennis Booker was a very solid show that lasted only 22 episodes. Tom Hansen, Doug Penhall, Judy Hoffs, Harry Truman Ioki, Dennis Booker, Sal 'Blowfish' Banducci, Anthony 'Mac' McCann, Joey Penhall, Captain Richard Jenko & Captain Adam Fuller...

[@CallingALLmarks]

I literally stumbled across Booker today. Watched 3 episodes so far. The jump street universe is solid

[@brianoconnell6459]

Holly Robinson as Judith "Judy" Hopps? And here, folks, is where the writers behind Zootopia got the idea for the bunny character. Oops! Correction, it's "Hoffs", but still really too close to be a coincidence.

[@katiebrown5407]

Say what you say about Richard Grieco he was playing a character. I say this because I actually had the opportunity to meet Richard Grieco in 2005 at a autograph signing in Hollywood California. Let me say there where a lot of fans out to see him that day and he stayed to sign and take pictures with anyone who asked him too. A real nice human being.

[@wstine79]

Glad to hear the awesome Jessie Shade's narration again. I saw a few of these episodes on FOX. It was fine. I was more into Married with Children and Herman's Head.

[@feck2594]

You are literally the first person I've heard mention or that watched Herman's Head I loved it growing up . And Married with Children is still my personal favorite to this day .

[@mikesilva3868]

Classic tv series 👍

[@galinaqader]

Love Johnny Depp. 🇦🇺

[@substancep21]

Best show ever!

[@LeviAckerman-cb5ji]

I wanted to get the whole series on DVD. Then I saw that all the cool music was replaced with generic tracks, due to expired copyright.

[@thepayne7862]

That's good to know, was tempter to pick it up on dvd but not with the tracks being replaced with generic one.

[@LeviAckerman-cb5ji]

@@thepayne7862 Yeah, it really does ruin the nostalgia.

[@thepayne7862]

@@LeviAckerman-cb5ji yeah it does the music made though scene even better.

[@KevNxxxs]

Loved this show. Think you should do Nasty Boys sometime.

[@patfer1189]

Two things and a fun fact: 1- Another show that also didn't end an episode with everything resolved? Miami Vice which also took some very dark and serious stories. 21 Jump Street, when it found its groove, was more akin to Miami Vice but revolving around the teenage circles. 2- Booker (the show) was alright but they couldn't figure out what they wanted the series to be. At times they leaned too heavily on making Dennis Booker solely a goofball/comic relief and others more of an action hero. In general it felt that the producers were too afraid to go too serious or dark with his stories even though they clearly were going for a 20-something demographic instead of the teen one on 21 Jump Street. Fun fact: While not the first one to do it at the time Jump Street and Booker were a 'shared universe' and so characters would cross over a few times, including one 'event' crossover where the story started on an episode of Booker and concluded in an episode of 21 Jump Street. However, it was an odd crossover as clearly the producers wanted to keep the episodes bottled enough to work on their respective series in isolation, thus Booker doesn't appear in the 21 Jump Street Episode and the Jump Street cast only makes a tiny appearance in the Booker episode). Yet the episodes are supposed to be connected but end up feeling both detached and yet missing a section if watched separately. Btw- Nowadays you can easily find 21 Jump Street to watch in places like Roku's own streaming channel as well as Tubi and others. Booker is not as widely available, but it is always somewhere such as Tubi or Vudu. However, evidently due to music rights, it is not the fitting intro featuring Billy Idol's "Rock In The City Tonight" but rather a knockoff song trying to sound like the former.

[@matthewdaley746]

Miami Vice was the first police show, without, unambiguously happy endings, if it wasn't a downer ending, it was bittersweet to the extreme, sadly, Richard Grieco just didn't have Johnny Depp's range, and, when If Looks Could Kill flopped, he was through.

[@martinkent2289]

Can you do a video for Due South? Still love that show today.

[@matthewdaley746]

That was Dudley Do Right, but, serious, way better than it sounds.

[@tonyisgolden5136]

I never watched this show but I've heard about it alot. I did however watch the movie's 21 jump street and it's sequel 22 jump street. I think both of them are hilarious and are both great comedy film's.

[@kestrel4294]

Private Resort does NOT get the respect it deserves!🤣🤣🤣 I honestly love that film. It’s brilliant for the genre

[@stevendelarosa3752]

The 3.3 seconds episode was really good

[@patfer1189]

Btw- Yes, that was Richard "Victor 'Sully' Sullivan" McGonagle in that opening scene of the pilot episode.

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

Oh

[@Marcustheseer]

wauw this brings back memory's,i was 10-12 when i first saw this and i always liked seeing it to bad it ended. stuf like this can work again but it wil most likely be messed up by identity politics,untill hollywood stops identity politics you should not remake or continue classics it wont do them justice.

[@jamespetkwitz8737]

the best episodes are Besieged Pt. 1 &2, and the season 4 episode 2245... featuring Ronnie Sebok!

[@matthewdaley746]

It had all the hopelessness of Miami Vice, yet, somehow, had none of the glamor, that's a tough feat, period.

[@fredlandry6170]

I used to watch this show as a teenager I liked Holly Robinson she was a hottie.

[@ivane5110]

I watched this back then. Its wild to see these actors back then after all this time and now find myself thinking they're "just babies". Way to make me feel old, lol

[@xrrrismickey]

21J was a good show for its time. We loved it as kids and that's all that matters.

[@subreel12000]

Groundbreaking, shame about all releases not having the original music and instead using generic music since they didn’t have licenses for home media release.

[@Mr79Man]

I remember that guy on Fright Night part 2. He was in the crazy hospital with Peter Vincent.

[@THESLICKNESSEDM]

The black girl sang the theme song down on jump street Vancouver is where the best shows are filmed 🇨🇦😎

[@matthewdaley746]

It's where all the shows are filmed, good, or, bad, except, for Canadian programs, they got, outbid, and, removed, terrible, just is.

[@deathincorporatedfitnesstr1256]

54. Vancouver Canada. Worked on tons of shows like this. X files, Booker, jump Street. Lots of fun . All the crew could not believe how short these actors were. Played tough guys on screen. But in reality were really weak and timid. It was eye opening. Hollywood is bullshit. cheers man

[@matthewdaley746]

Yeah, too bad the Canadian productions were essentially kicked out of their own city because Americans outbid them, the CBC's only presence there today is voice-recording, sad, it truly is.

[@deathincorporatedfitnesstr1256]

@@matthewdaley746 that's why I have not owned a television in 20 years. LoL 😆 most movies and Netflix shows today are mindless and take time away from your life. Cheers man

[@matthewdaley746]

@@deathincorporatedfitnesstr1256 Thank You, even good shows commit The Cardinal sin of wearing out their welcome, truly awful.

[@deathincorporatedfitnesstr1256]

@@matthewdaley746 Dreading the Futurama reboot..... LoL..yay Disney.....haha cheers man

[@matthewdaley746]

@@deathincorporatedfitnesstr1256 I didn't even, like the original, Matt Groening offends me on a molecular level, and, Katey Sagal is completely insufferable, even when it's just her voice.

[@angelaholmes8888]

I remember the episode with rosie Perez it's definitely a great one 💯

[@Mintcar923]

Always loved Johnny Depp but for whatever reason I hadn’t watched this until recent years.. Somehow I switched off to it when they took Kojak off Hulu and I was looking for something similar.. If you can look past the Reagan-esque war on drugs 80’s era propaganda you’ll find a very compelling show.. i really hope they bring it back whether it’s a movie or series so long as it has the original cast

[@808v1]

About 8 mins in, I hope you make a passing mention of Booker as well in this :)

[@808v1]

yes!

[@hellothere4781]

The show is completely free on the FilmRise Television channel on KZbin.

[@anthonycerulli5524]

I was just watching this the other day on peacock!

[@vegetasolo1221]

Johnny Depp did not want to work on a television series, but agreed to a six-year contract, only because he did not believe the show would last more than one season. He also found it difficult to turn down the money and the chance to work with Frederic Forrest. But the show became a huge success mostly due to Depp's presence. By the third season, Depp was chafing at having to stay with the show instead of accepting various film offers. He began to complain about the scripts and often gave listless performances. With the help of his lawyers, Depp was released from his contract, and left the show after the fourth season.

[@anthonycerulli5524]

@@vegetasolo1221 that’s probably why they brought in booker

[@popculturewatch8689]

@@anthonycerulli5524 I know this guy hated Greico but he did become a fan favorite character and they threw away their chance to have a ready made replacement for Depp being short sighted. A fan favorite character in a ensemble doesn't mean he can lead his own show.

[@anthonycerulli5524]

@@popculturewatch8689 yeah I vaguely remember the booker spin-off show. It wasn’t very good

[@thepayne7862]

On peacock do you know if it has the copyrighted songs that were used when it originally aired?

[@ToddH76]

A lot to unpack here but this was as much as any show ever a moment in time. You didn't discuss one of the main draws of the show and that was the music. They made excellent music choices and had an excellent score thanks to Peter Bernstein. Although Hair Metal was king at the time, 21 Jumpstreet is a window into what was coming and embraced alternative and underground music. The show looks and feels like the seattle music scene that emerged nationally in 91. Being shot in Vancouver was a unique look at the Pacific Northwest where all the bands had been active since the mid 80's locally. Boots, Flannel, Leather jackets etc. Its all there in 21 jumpstreet. People confuse this show as an 80's thing like say, The breakfast club or something but this show really is closer to what the early 90s were like. Thank god for the german boxset with the music in tact.......As a kid when this aired I watched it from day 1 and still love it...The topics were fascinating at that moment in time, Aids, drugs, gangs, racism, homophobia etc. It could have been better but I still love it.

[@goldylover1000]

Funny, how johnny Depp was in a anti drug psa when he went on to play hunter s thompson.

[@JoBloOriginals]

Haha - yep

[@SY-ok2dq]

The irony of that 1-800 cocaine helpline number! Depp went on to famously date notorious hard partying supermodel Kate Moss - the model who embodied the 90s waif/heroin chic fashion aesthetic. Although skinny and rather petite (for a model), Moss allegedly had a tough constitution and became known for sucking up large amounts of cocaine and booze. Hence her nickname "the Tank"!

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

Oh and a token of trivia. That's Don's younger brother Michael DeLuise @ 17:48 👌

[@GutturalReef]

How dare you knock Richard Grieco!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TELLViSiON]

What !? Steven Williams wasn’t in the show until mid-season 1!?

[@Quebec.got.reversed.perception]

8:50 😂🤣

[@aladdinsmith1953]

This is on the samsung tv channels and its lit lol

[@HorrorPunkRocker]

Love the show. Pretty good video, but I don’t like the way he talked about Johnny Depp. It was rude and disrespectful.

[@stingrey1571]

i watched the show as a kid. even then i found it to be implausible. before social media, kids, high schoolers talk. word would have gotten around (ambiguous) city there are undercover cops in schools. also high schools dont exists in a silo. students transfer, schools compete against one another, they live in the same neighborhoods. they should have been found out more often.

[@mjwbulich]

You're forgetting that high school kids are stupid. They are still putting undercover police in schools and it still works. A quick Google search will give you dozens of examples from all over the country. Big and small towns. Of course the show was rediculous but undercover cops in schools is absolutely a thing.

[@matthewdaley746]

Yeah, they weren't found out merely because the plot required it, simple as that.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@mjwbulich Yeah, but, paranoia overrides stupidity, the thought that it could be as successful, for as long, as this show dictates, completely strains credibility, enormously.

[@spyderd8165]

Miami Vice was the same way. After the pilot, every drug dealer would’ve known Crockett and Tubbs were cops.

[@matthewdaley746]

​@spyderd8165 Plus, that show usually had a downer ending, anyway, simple as that.

[@LSPalm]

Booker and 21 are on Tubi. Booker had a change mid season too

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

New York Undercover GBNF.

[@Raesling1]

Are we going to ignore that you completely overlooked season 5?! Granted, the writers phoned that one in, we had 2 filler episodes right at the beginning, Mac seemed like a Hanson knock-off with the gum-chewing, and we watched all of the characters slowly drift away except for Hoffs and Fuller, but still. Did no one watch just to see how it would end?

[@JimmiPynk]

So no mention of Richard Greico??? until 3/4 through ?

[@matthewdaley746]

Holly Peete was the only other person whose career didn't completely flame out, so, waiting that long made perfect sense.

[@KJ-tz7vc]

Interesting, so the first 21 Jump St. film was based on the plot of the pilot episode.

[@matthewdaley746]

Yeah, and, Jonah Hill was at his foul-mouthed worst, how, does that truly talentless idiot keep getting work, no, seriously.

[@commoman]

I was in high school when this show was on. The first time I saw it, they showed the steroid episode (s02e10) during a pep rally.

[@b_side8669]

16:34 😂

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Phil Lord and Chris Miller should direct TASM3

[@sir_gil]

Wait that’s where the rabbit got her name?? Lmao

[@katetarter6874]

When are go to talk about malcolm in the the middle completelete series.

[@ferociousgumby]

7:30 I would've thought it was just a gag. Maybe it was? I doubt if anyone actually called it, as it looks like a prank.

[@DiegoTorres-ct9pz]

Who would be casted in a reboot of it???

[@_N_575]

Just completely ignoring the movies, huh?